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Listenever Posted 11 years ago
In this talk show, actor Mark Ruffalo talked about his Halloween weekend with his kids.
He said at 0:43 of the video, “We had several of their friends with us, and we went down the two blocks that allow Halloween in New York City.” And then he said, "It kind of skips a block or two." Ruffalo joked. “It’s amazing how stingy New Yorkers are about Halloween… Maybe it was the neighborhood we were in.”
What does he mean "they went down the two blocks that allow Halloween"? Logically, it's not the two blocks that you go down but the neighborhood you arrive in after going down the two blocks that allows Halloween, right?
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In this talk show, actor Mark Ruffalo talked about his Halloween weekend with his kids.
He said at 0:43 of the video, “We had several of their friends with us, and we went down the two blocks that allow Halloween in New York City.” And then he said, "It kind of skips a block or two." Ruffalo joked. “It’s amazing how stingy New Yorkers are about Halloween… Maybe it was the neighborhood we were in.”
What does he mean "they went down the two blocks that allow Halloween"? Logically, it's not the two blocks that you go down but the neighborhood you arrive in after going down the two blocks that allows Halloween, right?
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listenever we went down the two blocks that allow Halloween in New York City. We walked along two blocks of New York City. These are the two blocks of the city where Halloween activities are permitted.
- listenever we went down the two blocks that allow Halloween in New York City.
- We walked along two blocks of New York City.
- These are the two blocks of the city where Halloween activities are permitted.
- These might not be adjacent blocks, however, because he says "skips a block or two".
- I suspect he was not speaking literally.
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listeneverwe went down the two blocks that allow Halloween in New York City.We walked along two blocks of New York City. These are the two blocks of the city where Halloween activities are permitted. These might not be adjacent blocks, however, because he says "skips a block or two".
I suspect he was not speaking literally. He was exaggerating. H
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Thanks, CJ.
I get it.
There's two more questions.
At 1:14, Mark says something like "Funny, I have 800 kids I could bring to your neighborhood next year." Is this what he said? Then, what is he referring to by "800 kids"?
Also, At 2:38, he says, "I wanted to sell it." Does he mean that he wanted to convince the kids that he actually ate all their candy? Or that he wa
I get it.
There's two more questions.
At 1:14, Mark says something like "Funny, I have 800 kids I could bring to your neighborhood next year." Is this what he said? Then, what is he referring to by "800 kids"?
Also, At 2:38, he says, "I wanted to sell it." Does he mean that he wanted to convince the kids that he actually ate all their candy? Or that he wa
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My video isn't working very well at the moment. Someone else may have to handle these follow-up questions. 
CJ
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